268 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



vessels. Used chiefly in turnery and carving for small articles, 

 fancy boxes, paper-knives, etc. 



Olive or Wild Olive in Cape Colony (Olea retrucosa Link.) 

 Boer " Olivenhout." Also known as " Olina wood." Zulu 

 "Umguna." Height 1416 ft.; diam. 815 in. W 68'95. 

 E 669 tons. /6-65. fc 3-90. fs -8. Dark, very hard, heavy, 

 dense, taking a good polish. Used in waggon-building and for 

 furniture. 



Olive, Indian (Olea dioica Roxb.). Silhet and Assam south- 

 ward. White, compact, strong. Used in building and might be 

 creosoted. Other Indian species are 0. glandulifera Wall., light- 

 brown, dense, hard, susceptible of a good polish, and durable, used 

 in building; and 0. cuspiddta Wall., resembling the Common Olive. 



Olive, Mock. See Axe-breaker. 



Olive, Native, in Australia (Notelffa ovdta R. Br. ; Order 

 Oledcece). Eastern Australia. Aborig. "Dunga-runga." Small 

 and crooked in growth, light-coloured, with irregular dark-brown 

 blotches, fine, close and even in grain, hard, firm, working easily 

 and taking a good polish, but requiring careful seasoning. 

 W 60-3. Used for tool-handles. [See also Marble wood.] 



Olive, Native, in North America (Osmdnthus americdnus Gray : 

 Order Oledcece). Also known as "Devil-wood." French "Olivier 

 d'Amerique." Germ. "Amerikanischer Oelbaum." Span. "Madera 

 del diablo." Resembling Box, very hard and durable, with 

 evenly circular rings and fine vessels in dendritic lines across the 

 entire ring. 



Olive, Spurious. See Ironwood vi., and for other allied 

 species, Ironwood vii, xi xv and xxiv. 



Omatsu. See Pine, Japanese Black. 



Orange (Citrus Aurdntium L. : Order Aurantidcece). Probably 

 a native of India, cultivated for its fruit in most tropical and sub- 

 tropical countries. Sansk. "Nagranga." Arab, and Pars. "Naranj." 

 Hind. "Naringi." Span. "Naranja." French " Oranges.'' Germ. 

 "Pomeranzen." Small, light yellow, close-grained, hard. Im- 

 ported from Algeria for walking-sticks, and used in the West 

 Indies in cabinet-work. 



